City Clears Path for Vacant Commercial Building-to-Housing Conversions
New zoning rules aim to turn vacant offices and industrial buildings into housing, with a late amendment addressing concerns about historic structures.
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Seven Minute Creative Nudge
A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.
I quit my job.
Justin Pardee, the founder and publisher of The Raincross Gazette, is making this his full-time job.
Protest planned Friday at Riverside Community Hospital
According to union survey, more than 89% of caregivers at the facility say they are short-staffed or extremely short-staffed in recent survey
Council set to reshape Riverside
The seven-month process of redrawing City Council’s ward boundaries, dubbed “Reshape Riverside”, comes to a conclusion at tonight’s Council meeting.
Expansion plans for Metrolink’s Downtown Station terminated
Riverside County Transportation Commission voted Wednsday, March 8 to terminate expansion plans for Riverside’s Downtown Metrolink station. The project was planned to improved commuter access to the railways and avoid delays due to increasing freight train activity. The expansion would have brought
Council approves $1.47 million to improve Mt. Rubidoux trail
City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a $1,470,470 project for the repaving of the Mt. Rubidoux trail. The proposed project includes maintenance and repair work to the asphalt trail as well as modifications to improve accessibility for fire vehicles during fourth of July fireworks eve
This Week in City Hall, March 7
Council considers spending $1,470,470 of Measure Z dollars on Mt. Rubidoux trail
Touch Phone Home
A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.
Council votes 5-2 to legalize retail cannabis sales in Riverside
The more than five year battle over cannabis in Riverside came to an end at last night’s City Council meeting.
Police department offers safety and security grants for small businesses
The Riverside Police Department (RPD) is inviting local businesses to apply for its Safety and Security Program Grants. The grants
This Week in City Hall, February 27
This Tuesday’s City Council agenda is packed with items that impact life in Riverside in a whole host of different ways. The full agenda is available online; here are some highlights of what you can expect. March Joint Powers Agreement Extension Council with consider a 14th amendment to the March Jo
17 foot padlock “monument to love” coming to Downtown Riverside
A new monument, stamping the letters “L-O-V-E” seventeen feet up in the air on Main Street is coming soon to Downtown Riverside. Inspired by “love lock” destinations popular in South Korea to symbolize an unbreakable bond between couples, love for friends and family, and hope for those who need it.